Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Minnesota
Jah Joyner
DL • 6'5" • 265 lbs • Danbury, CT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jah Joyner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
67
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Minnesota
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Minnesota
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Player Story
Jah Joyner built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Danbury, CT wearing No. 17, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Jah Joyner's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Minnesota
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Jah Joyner, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Minnesota. Jah Joyner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 64
- TFL
- 16.5
- Sacks
- 14.5
- QB hurries
- 15
- Passes defended
- 8
Quick Answers
Jah Joyner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Minnesota · DL
- Career Tackles
- 64
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Minnesota
- Top game
- Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Danbury · Minnesota
- High school pipeline
- Danbury · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · DL 142nd (top 14%) · Big Ten 168th (top 21%) · National 1,303rd (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Postseason | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 50.3 |
| 2022 Postseason | Minnesota | 10 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Minnesota | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2023 Postseason | Minnesota | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 62.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Minnesota | 9 | 15 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 62.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Minnesota | 11 | 32 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 72.7 |
Related Context
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Jah Joyner played DL for Minnesota. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jah Joyner recorded 64 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Minnesota.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Minnesota paired 26 primary output with 35.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 35.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: USC
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Minnesota
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
2.4
Efficiency
35.8
Usage
11.2
Consistency
61.5
Best Game by takeover score
USC
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 3. Rhode Island: 0. Nevada: 4. Michigan: 4. USC: 5. UCLA: 2. Maryland: 4. Illinois: 2. Rutgers: 2. Penn State: 0. Wisconsin: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 6 by 55. Rhode Island: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 4 by 56.7. Michigan: 8 by 73.3. USC: 1 by 54.2. UCLA: 2 by 28.3. Maryland: 3 by 52.5. Illinois: 1 by 24.2. Rutgers: 2 by 28.3. Penn State: 2 by 8.3. Wisconsin: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins2.4 · Games = 7 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses2.3 · Games = 4 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
USC
Best efficiency game
73.3 vs Michigan
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/29 | @ Wisconsin | W 24-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Penn State | L 25-26 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ RutgersSplash game | L 19-26 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ IllinoisSplash game | W 25-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs MarylandSplash game | W 48-23 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sun 10/13 | @ UCLASplash game | W 21-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs USCSplash game | W 24-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ MichiganSplash game | L 24-27 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs NevadaSplash game | W 27-0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Rhode Island | W 48-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | vs North CarolinaSplash game | L 17-19 | 6 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jah Joyner story
Jah Joyner built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Danbury, CT wearing No. 17, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Jah Joyner's career was his defensive production: 64 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, 14.5 sacks, and 8 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Jah Joyner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Minnesota
2020-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Minnesota | 2 | 24.2 | 8.3 | 2 |
| 2022 Postseason | Minnesota | 9 | 14.4 | 8.2 | 7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Minnesota | 9 | 14.4 | 8.2 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Minnesota | 17 | 27.2 | 11.8 | 8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Minnesota | 17 | 27.2 | 11.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Minnesota | 26 | 35.8 | 11.2 | 9 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Illinois
Week 10 · L 26-27 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#2
vs USC
Week 6 · W 24-17 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
84.7 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Michigan
Week 5 · L 24-27 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Nevada
Week 3 · W 27-0
4
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Bowling Green
Week 1 · W 30-24 · Postseason
4
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Minnesota
26 primary output · 35.8 efficiency · 11.2 usage
72.7
#2
2023 Postseason · Minnesota
62.6
17 primary · 27.2 efficiency · 11.8 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Minnesota
62.6
17 primary · 27.2 efficiency · 11.8 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
16
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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